Food, Inc.

Food, Inc. (by Robert Kenner)

A must see film about our culture's food system.
Not a completely vegetarian film, but still a good
message to some of those "junk food" veggies out there.

Dr. Dean Ornish [TED]

Studies show...

vegetarians have better sex.


'Veggie Love': PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad

Skinny Bastard!

"What's Good for the Bitch is Good
for the Bastard"

I can never get enough of books about vegetarianism and veganism. I picked up "Skinny Bitch" sometime last year and ate it up. It is supposedly for the girls, but like luna bars, that just doesn't make sense. It's a gold mine of information and is put in a very fun and clever way.
This month, "Skinny Bastard" came out, and even though I figured there would be a butt load of the same information, I just had to pick it up. It is a very quick read with some hard hitting, in your face, "boy" humor. The skinny girls do a great job hitting one right in the gut of how to live a healthier life by adopting a veg or vegan lifestyle.
Nice work Rory and Kim!
skinnybastard.net


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some FAV QUOTES from "skinny bastard":

+ Whenever you see the words "fat-free" or "low-fat", think of the words "chemical shit storm."

+ Carbohydrates are compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and they are all vital for providing energy for our bodies and brains. Without them, we would be comatose zombies."

+ When aspartame was put before the FDA for approval, it was denied eight times.

+ Cow's milk, by design, grows a 90-pound calf into a 2,000-pound cow over the course of two years.

+ Mother nature... did not intend for grownups to suck their mother's tits.... we are the only species on the planet that drinks milk as adults. We are also the only species on the planet that drinks the milk of another species.

+ It is a sad fact that in this country, most doctors know almost nothing about nutrition. Doctors receive very little nutritional training in medical school.
(estimated - approx 3 hours in all of med school)

Famous Vegetarians & Vegans

A fraction of some of the popular figures of our time
who have chosen the vegetarian and vegan lifestyle.


Anne Hathaway : Ariana Huffington : Alanis Morissette
Alicia Silverstone : Ashley Judd : Avril Lavigne
Carrie Underwood : Chelsea Clinton : Christie Brinkley
Christina Applegate : Claudia Schiffer : Ellen DeGeneres
Emily Deschanel : Emmy Rossum : Emily Dickinson
Fiona Apple : Gillian Anderson : Hayden Panettiere
Jane Goodall : Kate Winslet : Kristen Bell
Kim Basinger : Lisa Simpson : Natalie Portman
Naomi Watts : Natalie Merchant : Rachael Leigh Cook
Rosa Parks : Sandra Oh : Thora Birch

Albert Einstein : Allen Ginsberg : Andy Dick
Bob Barker : Billy Idol : Bobcat Goldthwait
Carl Lewis : Carl Sagan : Christian Bale
Dan Piraro : Dennis Kucinich : Deepak Chopra
Dustin Hoffman : Eric Stoltz : Elijah Wood
Forest Whitaker : Gandhi : Jack Johnson
Jason Schwartzman : Jerry Garcia : John Cleese
Johnny Cash : Joaquin Phoenix : John C. Reilly
Jonathan Richman : Kevin Bacon : Kevin Nealon
Leonard Nimoy : Moby : Morrissey
Mos Def : Noah Wyle : Oliver Stone : Orlando Bloom
Paul McCartney : Pauly Shore : Phil Lesh
Plato : Russell Brand : Samuel L. Jackson
Sir Isaac Newton : Socrates : Steve Jobs
Tobey Maguire : Woody Harrelson : Weird Al Yankovic

(most confirmed)

quote - Albert Einstein

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase
the chances for survival of life on earth as much
as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

—Albert Einstein